HARGROVES v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 2D07-204.

993 So.2d 978 (2007)

Walter HARGROVES, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Debra Hargroves, Petitioner, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, a foreign corporation, as successor by merger to Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company And American Tobacco Company, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Acosta and Charles M. Schropp of Law Offices of Howard M. Acosta, St. Petersburg, and Kent G. Whittemore of The Whittemore Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Petitioner.

Stephanie E. Parker and John M. Walker, Atlanta and Benjamin H. Hill, III and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, for Respondent.


WHATLEY, Judge.

Walter Hargroves, as the personal representative of the estate of Debra Hargroves, petitions this court for a writ of certiorari quashing the circuit court order directing him to provide certain items pursuant to a discovery request by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Hargroves' wrongful death action against R.J. Reynolds. The circuit court entered the discovery order at issue after hearing motions to compel...

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